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  2. How to clean the discs themselves?

    in Software

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    As durable as the MD's are, I have had some of them getting dusty, or messy with tiny particles that manage to slip in from the back, where the spindle grasps the disc itself to make it spin. (Come on, it's not hermetically sealed)

    I once had to crack open the shell and wash the disc with mild soapy water, and a very fine sponge. And super-glue back the shell. It worked, but I'm sure there must be another solution.

    Thanks.

    Da Dogg.

  5. How a Sharp SR60 was brought back to life.

    in Technical, Tips, and Tricks

    Posted

    A few years ago, I got bit by the digital music bug, but instead of

    buying an MP3 player, I went ahead and got an SR60 after reading the good reviews it got. :smile:

    Problem is that lately the poor unit began to lose focus and could not read the disc. :wacky:

    So I gave up all hope and bought another on Ebay. This one turned to have the headphone jack busted, and the seller is ignoring me, so bleh, big deal I can fix it later. :whatever: (In fact I found a makeshift solution to make it work.)

    I go to a pawn shop, and find a black NetMD player at a good price. I buy it to replace the second player, which was a replacement of the first one. But just a few hours later, I find about the wonders of LP2, OMG, restrictions here and there, and basically no SP. Thanks $ony (Fortunately, the program crashes my computer, so I have an excuse to return it :grin: ). Then I find myself with some spare money, and eye a beautiful silver player on Evilbay. I win it for a great price, and am happy as a.. a... a whatever it is that you say to illustrate how happy you are. :happy:

    I come to the equipment browser at this site to check the specs of the unit I bought. And somehow ended up in the page listing my old SR60. And find the link for service mode. And then the first thing I read, is about the auto alignment for Sharp units. So I go and pull out the player from the

    drawer I had stuffed it in, and try the steps listed there... I had nothing to lose, but a busted player...

    And it works. I'm listening to Yoko Kanno's "Real Folk Blues" (10K points if you can tell me where that's from.) as I type this. No skips. No problems. Tomorrow, it's the trial by fire for the player, as I'll be listening to it while commuting.

    Thank God for this site. Now my only problem is what to do with the MZ R37 that has a bad headphone jack, and the MZ E35 I won. :laugh:

  6. Newbie with two questions

    in Minidisc

    Posted

    Hi all. Just joined the forum and am glad to see so many MD users around.

    I fell in love with the format every since I saw the MZ-1 back in 1993 in Mexico, and finally was able to get my first unit, an MZR 37 a few years ago.

    Currently I have an MZ NE 410 and like the sound and features, not to forget it's tinier than my beloved Sharp SR60, which has begun to die on me. I like it, except for a few things...

    I absolutely HATE and ABHOR that I can't record on regular, plain vanilla regular MD format (I believe it's SP), but LP2.

    I like the idea of having the extra space, but if I want terrible sound, I'll pull out my tape player any day, thank you very much.

    Soooo... my two questions are:

    Can you grab a HI-MD unit, a regular plain old-fashioned 74 min. MD, and record in regular MD format so it can be played in the old type of players? Or are the new HI-MD units SP-impaired? I don't care if it has to be through the optical line or analog. I want my SP, please.

    And what is this Sonicstage II "IcedTee's" build? Can it make recordings via USB with true SP mode? (Not the LP mode disguised as SP) I doubt it can, but hey, dreaming is free. :laugh:

    Thanks all, and keep on jamming.

    Sy.

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